LG is offering up a double dose of good news today, both relating to the Optimus One line of handsets. After shaking up the Android community earlier this week with whispers of not supporting Android 2.3 for its Optimus line, LG issued a statement to CNET yesterday that confirmed that a Gingerbread upgrade is in …

Verizon is in the midst of rolling out software updates to two of its popular smartphones, the Droid and Droid X. Each of these updates are minor, so don’t expect Gingerbread just yet. However, keeping with its tradition, Verizon has created a Web page designed to help educate its customers and walk them through the update, should they need the …

As promising as the new Samsung Nexus S sounds, there are a few notable issues that might give some potential buyers pause for concern. Yes, the Nexus S could rank as a premier smartphone when it arrives given its new NFC chip, contour display, and Gingerbread, but the advantages over its Nexus One predecessor aren’t many. I think it’s only …

MetroPCS plans to follow the release of the LG Optimus M handset with its first Android-based LTE smartphone in the first quarter of 2011. Due as early as February, this handset will be the first of as many as six Android phones for the carrier in the coming year. MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist highlighted Android at the UBS Global Media …

Google quietly ushered in another new Android Market feature today with the integration of a “related” tab. Designed to aid in application and game discovery, the tab lists apps that are related to the title that you’re currently viewing. For example, when browsing Google Sky Map, related titles include astronomy, lunar, and satellite titles. Depending on carrier or handset, the …

Google has produced more than a couple Android apps over the last two years with Listen, Scoreboard, and Sky Map among its most notable titles. Yet, there has been one app people have been clamoring for since the T-Mobile G1 debuted: Google Reader. Sure, we’ve always had a mobile optimized site available to use, but nothing beats a good native …

The rumored Sony PlayStation phone has been spotted again, this time getting captured in video form. A Greek gadget blog has roughly 2 minutes of blurry footage of someone reportedly playing with the device. Although we never see the phone opened up to reveal the gaming controls, it appears to be a real working model. According to Techblog.gr, the handset …

An AT&T Facebook account confirmed the existence of an upcoming Motorola handset yesterday, outing the Olympus for all to see. A Boy Genius Report reader asked the AT&T Share team whether he would be wise to wait on the Tegra-2-powered smartphone as he is eligible for an upgrade. The carrier’s response, which was quickly pulled, was that the phone will …

Last week the Android Market underwent some changes ahead of the impending Gingerbread announcement. No we can add another enhancement to the list: content ratings. Effective tomorrow, developers logging into the Android Market console will be required to rate their applications. Similar to the system used in video games or movies, the ratings will vary based on guidelines created by …

An anonymous tipster leaked a pair of images of what is being called the Motorola Olympus. The giant Android smartphone should feature a Tegra 2 processor, a front-facing camera, and a screen in the vicinity of 4 inches or larger. Like the recently outed LG Star, the handset could be Motorola’s first dual-core handset when it arrives, presumably in early …